Mauritania News

The UAE Ministry of Interior and UNICEF organized a two-day training workshop on child smuggling and trafficking in Nouakchott, as part of its three-day visit to Mauritania to oversee and ensure the speedy ...

Mauritanian authorities have ordered a group of about 30 suspected terrorists to be detained at a military garrison ahead of the official commencement of an unprecedented trial in the country, according to ...

Members of a group of 23 suspected terrorists, 22 Mauritanians and an Arabic foreigner detained as a preventive measure, are set to stand trial over several accusations, according to news reaching here ...

Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi on Wednesday congratulat ed the Emir of Qatar, Cheikh Hamad Ben Khalifa Al-Thani, for brokering the accor d signed in Doha, Qatar, to resolve the Lebanese crisis, according to an ...

In light of mounted terrorism risks in North Africa and Southern Europe, interior ministers from western Mediterranean countries have agreed to step up the fight against terrorism and establish a central body ...

Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi has held bilateral discussions in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, with French Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, who is in Mauritania for an ...

The UN food and Agriculture organisation Thursday said that Mangrove forests could have reduced damage resulting from the waves ca u sed by the recent cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. via Panapress

Unfortunately, it was an unconsidered operation, because there were no qualified sailors in Mauritania: Mauritanians are good fishers, but thez use to fish only in pirogues, not far from the coasts, and they do ... via TrekEarth

AJD/MR will not join the new Mauritanian government Nouakchott, Mauritania - While the Union for Forces of Progress has thrown its weight behind a broad-based, all-inclusive government in Mauritania, another ... via Panapress

“It is only NGOs that currently provide support to victims, but we need trained educators and psychologists who can also do the job”

The Mauritanian government says it is trying to increase prosecutions of rape cases but poorly trained judges working with murky, outdated legal texts make for slow progress. via AllAfrica.com

“La Croix", published on 10 April, that the agreement on granting to Morocco "advanced status”

"Advanced status" defines relations between the EU and frontier countries, within the context of the new European policy of neighbourhood, installing a closer cooperation between the EU and the countries of the ... via AllAfrica.com

Burundi's main opposit ion political parties on Tuesd ay criticised an ultimatum by countries of the Regional Peace Initiative for Bur u ndi aimed at making the Party for the Liberation of the Hutu ... via Panapress

Mauritania's prime minister, along with his entire cabinet, has resigned. President Sidi Mohamed Cheikh Abdallahi has accepted the resignations and appointed Yahya Ahmed El Waghef, a loyalist who heads his ... via Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

According to news from the British Foreign Office, Morocco has a new Ambassador for Great Britain. via The View from Fez

DEPUTY King Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa yesterday sent a congratulatory cable to Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector-General Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al ... via Gulf Daily News

“Everything - the wheat, rice, sugar and animal feeds - is higher priced than I have ever seen them before”

Hunger is a very personal thing. Adults may be able to suppress hunger or chew some dulling substance like Khat , a flowering plant native to tropical East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. via NowPublic

“Several searches are under way and those detained have been transferred to a high security location”

Mauritanian security forces recaptured five suspected al Qaeda militants on Wednesday including a fugitive accused of killing four French tourists, officials said. via Reuters

Anger over high food prices has sparked protests in several countries. Surging food prices have posed a particular risk to poor economies. via Reuters

“Because they will operate in a desert environment they've got some special accommodations for that. There are valves on the air horns to keep them from sucking sand back into the system”

Port of Albany workers watch as one of 8 locomotives made by Super Steel in Rotterdam, is lowered into the cargo hold of the Jumbo Stellanova, bound for Africa at the Port of Albany Friday. via The Gazette

Anger over high food and fuel costs in recent months has sparked protests in several countries. via Reuters